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Do you guys think things can be inevitable? Some things feel inevitable to me. Recently thinking about “hypertokenization” as a trend that over the long term, i do not see stopping or slowing down Assuming the premise, the next step is to reason through the implications and direct hypertokenization towards positive outcomes for humanity. BUT - should i even assume the premise?
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I think the idea that certain things are inevitable is at the core of how we see the world most people view capitalism (for example) as inevitable. several theorists have said 'its probably easier for us to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism'. tokenization feels similar to me. when I was first introduced to tokens I thought oh yeah, everything will be tokenized this is the next progression for a totally atomized, financialized world. anything and everything broken down to a discrete unit - if transferrable, tradeable. if not transferable, tradeable via derivative. hard for me to imagine this not happening - feels inevitable - which also makes me think I should try and imagine a world where tokenization deviates from this path towards other outcomes.
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good example: end of history type shit was in full swing - viewed popularly as a rational response to fall of the USSR and perceptions of American Hegemony. various 'new right' thinkers were like "chill, we aren't done yet." nick land, curtis yarvin write & think about a post-state world, the state replaced by corporation, corporation as state, new monarchist ideas. network state stuff started bubbling up. thiel, seasteading. and here we are today. conservatives, neoliberals, and the left all contribute their own variations on imagining and contesting the post-historical view, the discourse is not purely attributable to any single ideology. these are just some examples) nothing is inevitable
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